Improvement in cattle-pumps



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. A. MOORE, SAMUEL MOORE, AND DAVID MOONEY, OF FINDLAY, OI-IIO.

MPROVEMENT IN CATTLE-PUMPS.

To all whom it may cmcern:

Be it known that we, E. A. MOORE, SAMUEL MooRE,and DAVID MOONEY, all of Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Pump to be Operated by Stock; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is avertical central section of our invention, taken in the line x x, Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 a plan or top View of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a simple and elicientpump by which stock may draw their own supply of water for drinking purposes.

,The invention consists in the employment or use of a force-pump in connection with a loaded or counterpoised tilting platform, constructed and arranged substantially as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the desired result is attained. v

Pum ps or water-elevators of this class, cominonly termed stock-pumps, should be so arranged as to preclude the possibility of freezing up in Winter, and at the same time admit of the water being` elevated to a considerable height. They should be simple in Construction and not liable to get out of repair, and the pnmp-cylinder should always be filled with water beneath the piston when the latter is elevated, so that as soon as the piston begins to descend under the action of the weight of an animal, water will be ej ected from the nozzle or spout. These ends, it is believed, are fully attained by the herein-described invention.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct our invention, we will proceed to describe it.

A represents awell or reservoir froni which water is to be drawn by our invention.

B is a pump-cylinder, which may be of wood or metal. This cylinder extends down to the bottom of the well or reservoir, and is Secured thereto in any proper way. The lower part of the cylinderB is perforated, as shown at a, Fig. Land within the cylinder, just above the perforations, thereis placed a valve C, opening upward.

D is the piston, which is fitted in the cylinder B above the valve C, and is connected by a joint Z) with its rod E. The piston is not provided with a valve, but a valve c opening outward is placed in the upper part of the side of the cylinder just below the head d.

F represents the ed uction-pipe of the pump. This pipe is attached to the cylinder B just above the Valve O, and is provided with a ball-valve Gopeningupward. The eductionpipe F has a joint e just above the valve G to admit of the upper part being detached, when necessary. This upper part extends above the top of the Well or reservoir, and comes downward so as to allow the water to be discharged into a trough which may be arranged in any proper way.

H is a framing, which is placed on the well A, and on which a platform I is fitted or hung on pivots f f. This platform I hasa weight J on its outer part, and the inner part of the platform has the end of a bar or lever J fitted loosely into it, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The bar or lever J at its outer end is secnred by a pin g in an uprightK, and is allowed to rock freely thereon. The inner end of the bar or lever J has a rope or chain L attached, which passes over pulleys h h in ahorizontal barM, secured to the upper end of the upright K. The rop'e or chain L has a weight N atits outer end.

The upper end of the piston-rod E is attached to the inner end of the bar or lever J.

The operation of the pump is as follows: The weight J' at the outer end of the platform I and the weight N at the end of the rope or chain L have a tendency to keep the inner part of the platform I, and consequently the piston D, in an elevated state. When an animal passes onthe platform I and toward its inner end, the piston D of course will be depressed, and the water in the cylinder B will be forced up through the pipe F, as indicated by the arrows, and the animal will have a supply of water. XVhen the animal passes ot the platform, its inner end is elevated under the action of the weights J N` and the piston D rises and causes the cylinder B to fill with water, the valve C of course opening and the valve G of the pipe F closing. The Valve G it Will be seen retains the Water in the eductionpipe F, and as the piston D, in ascending under the action of the weights, eauses the cylinder B to be filled with Water, which is retained in the cylinder of the Valve C, it folloWs as a matter of course that Water Will be ej ected from the tube F sinultaneously with the descent of the piston.

During the Winter season when the pump is not in use, the pipe F may be detached at its joint e, in order to prevent the freezing up of the pump. It Will be seen, hoWeVer, that When required at any time the pipe F may be very readily applied.

e do not claim separately any of the parts, irrespective of the conbination and arrangement herein shown and described, for tilting platforns have been previously used for the purpose.

lVe claim, thereforo, as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangenent of the tilting platform I and bar or lever J, loaded as shown, in combination With the force-pump partially or Wholly subnerged and provided With the jointed elevation-tube F, Valves C G, and solid or close piston D, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

E. A. MOORE. SAMUEL MOORE. DAVID MOONEY.

lVitnesses:

DANIEL B. BEARDSLEY, JOHN M. PALMER. 

